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Building Socialism from Below: The Role of the Communes in Venezuela
An interview with Antenea Jimenez We met with Antenea Jimenez, a former militant with the student movement who is now working with a national network of activists who are trying to … Keep reading »
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From Cochabamba to Cancun: Building a Climate Justice Movement in Quebec
The recent Cochabamba Conference on Climate Change has issued a call to build “a global peoples movement for climate justice.” A novel feature of this call is that it is … Keep reading »
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Class Struggles Heat Up in Greece
Workers in Greece today stand in the forefront of the converging European class struggles against big capital’s attempt to make working people pay the costs of its crisis. Mobilizations against … Keep reading »
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The Dictatorship of the Market
Colin Leys is an honorary professor of politics at Goldsmiths College London, and former Professor of Politics at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. He is co-editor of the current Socialist … Keep reading »
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What Next? The Freedom Flotilla and the Struggle to Break the Siege of Gaza
While people around the world are still in shock at the killing by Israeli commandos of innocent human rights activists on board the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, those who have been … Keep reading »
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The Massacre and the Cover-Up
Only days after Amnesty International issued a report condemning Western powers for their record of blocking international diplomatic action against Israel, the results of this criminal facilitation were once again … Keep reading »
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Bolivia: When Fantasy Trumps Reality
Under the presidency of Evo Morales, Bolivia has achieved a new constitution incorporating the rights of indigenous peoples, the beginning of land reform, the nationalization of important natural resources and … Keep reading »
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City Under Siege: The University of Toronto Joins the G20 Security Ring
On Friday afternoon, right before the May 24th holiday weekend, Cheryl Misak, Provost of the University of Toronto quietly released a memo to departmental administrators. The memo, entitled “G20 Summit: … Keep reading »
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Toronto’s Communities Prepare for the G8 and G20 Summits
The leaders of the G20 countries, as well as their central bank governors, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank and the European Union (EU) will be in Toronto on … Keep reading »
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Canada’s New Dissenting Academy
As the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences prepares for its annual Congress this May in Montreal, now is the time to create a new dissenting academy. A … Keep reading »
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The Fire This Time: Burning Bridges
Across Canada, activists have been reacting to the May 18 arson attack on a bank in Ottawa by a group claiming to be politically motivated. The group – calling itself … Keep reading »
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Municipal Malaise: Neoliberal Urbanism and the Future of Our Cities
The 2008 Annual Report by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, written when the Federal government was pulling in nearly $14-billion in budget surpluses, paints a grim picture of the coming … Keep reading »